Mahender Pal Arora

DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijsshmr.2023.v2i6n10

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ABSTRACT

Judges need to have accountability. It has been stated and observed that judges are not accountable for their judgments, orders and other judicial proceedings and they may pass the judgments, orders rightly or wrongly. In the way, an unfettered immunity has been granted to them for their actions in performing judicial actions in the name of judicial independence or judicial autonomy. Due to this, judges have become more independent, fearless since they are not accountable for their judicial judgments, orders and other judicial functions. Sometimes the judges may interpret the law wrongly and cause injustice rather than providing justice. An effort has been made to understand why there is need that the judges should be accountable and appraise it against number of benchmarks.

KEYWORDS:

Accountability, judicial independence, autonomy, intellectual dishonesty

REFERENCES

1) The Code of Civil Procedure

2) The Criminal Procedure Code

3) Indian Penal Code

4) The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

5) The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.

6) The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

7) Muslim personal law on marriage

8) Prabha Sharma v. Sunil Goyal & Ors, Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No. 632-633 of 2017

VOlUME 02 ISSUE 06 JUNE 2023